#pop

China is a developing country with a huge population, and also a developing country in a crucial stage of reform. In this context, China still faces many challenges in economic and social development. And a lot still needs to be done in China, in terms of human rights. ↗

— Hu Jintao

#challenges #china #context #country #crucial

The manual for WordStar, the most popular word-processing program, is 400 pages thick. To write a novel, you have to read a novel - one that reads like a mystery to most people. They're not going to learn slash q-z any more than they're going to learn Morse code. That is what Macintosh is all about. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#any #code #going #learn #like

Artist - musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life. ↗

— Billy Joel

#always #around #artist #contemporary #contemporary life

Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today? ↗

— Billy Joel

#being #canned #frozen #heard #lately

We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge. ↗

— Billy Joel

#being #demand #exports #finally #huge

I think we as a band, as individuals, understand that all popular music stems from blues and jazz and even pop, but rock 'n' roll especially comes from blues. ↗

— David Johansen

#blues #comes #especially #even #i

I do like Britney Spears. I think she's cute. I think she's fun. And I like her records. You know, I'm not a pop snob whatsoever. I think she makes great pop records. ↗

— Elton John

#britney spears #cute #fun #great #her

What is classical music if not the epitome of sensuality, passion, and understated erotica that popular music, even with all of its energy and life, cannot even begin to touch? ↗

— Lara St. John

#cannot #classical #classical music #energy #epitome

It often happens that I wake up at night and begin to think about a serious problem and decide I must tell the Pope about it. Then I wake up completely and remember that I am the Pope. ↗

— Pope John XXIII

#am #begin #completely #decide #happens

A lot of pop people out there are cool, but they overdo it. ↗

— Norah Jones

#lot #out #overdo #people #pop